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The Compulsive Collector (In Balcony of Crawford Doyle Booksellers, Below): 1082 Madison Avenue (82nd Street) New York, NY 10028 Summer Hours: Wed.-Sat., 1-6 Telephone: (212) 879-7443 Email: zeldami@aol.com Name of proprietor(s): Ami Megiddo |
Specialties: Fine Binding, First Editions, Limited Editions, Press Books, Children’s Books, Judaica and the Middle East |
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Crawford Doyle Booksellers 1082 Madison Avenue (82nd Street) New York, NY 10028 Summer Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10-6, Sun. 12-5 Telephone: (212) 288-6300 Email: bookstore@verizon.net Name of proprietor(s): John Doyle (Owner), Thomas Talbot (Manager) |
Specialties: General Rare Books, Rare Post-War Fiction, British and American, Modern and 20th Century Literary Firsts Additional Details: “We [Crawford Doyle Booksellers] are a retail ground level store with a collection of rare books in addition. [Editor’s note: see the description of The Compulsive Collector, the firm that is housed within Crawford Doyle’s shop.] |
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James Cummins, Bookseller, Inc. 699 Madison Avenue (62nd & 63rd Streets), 7th Floor New York, NY 10021 Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10-6 Telephone: (212) 688-6441 Fax: (212) 688-6192 Email: Cummins@panix.com Name of proprietor(s): James Cummins (Timothy Johns, Henry Wessells) |
Specialties: Sporting, English & American Literature, Private Press, First Editions, Original Art, Illustrated Books, Fine Bindings, Americana Additional Details: “We are very general in our inventory. There is always something for everyone here,” said a nice gentleman who declined to use his name. |
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Leonard Fox, Ltd. 790 Madison Avenue (67th Street) New York, NY 10021 Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10-5 Telephone: (212) 879-7077 Fax: (212) 772-9692 Email: Lfox790@aol.com Website: foxrarebooks.com Name of proprietor(s): Leonard Fox |
Specialties: 20th Century Illustrated Books, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Fashion, Livres D’Artiste, Watercolors, Prints, & Original Works of Art Additional Details: According to Leonard Fox, Proprietor of Leonard Fox, Ltd., “A good reason to visit our shop is our specialty. We deal with modern art, specifically with the finest and most pivotal works of art in books created by 20th century masters.” |
Rare Book Monthly
Walking Tour Of New York’s Antiquarian Book Sellers Part II: Manhattan’s Upper East Side
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.